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About this mod
Go straight to the game instead of showing the launcher. Useful for running via Steam.
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Silently go straight to the game when you open the launcher. Useful for running quickly via Steam.
(Please make sure to read the installation instructions below. This is not an override mod; you will need to make sure an original game file is backed up or renamed.)
This mod makes the DAO launcher immediately launch the game, rather than the user having to click the "Play" button.
I have DAO on Steam, and I prefer running it from the Steam interface rather than opening DAOrigins.exe directly. This unfortunately comes with the problem of...the launcher. I'm far too lazy to click "Play" each time, you see, especially if I'm testing 80-odd tint files. Thankfully u/sortbycolumn came up with an excellent solution, which I'm sharing in user-friendly ready-to-go format here. It adds a line to the launcher's initialisation sequence that invokes the same process as the "Play" button: checking to see if it's the first time the game has been run (to create a config file if needed), then running the game.
I've expanded on it by cutting out a bunch of the launcher that's not needed if it's being skipped: the interface and news updates.
There is also an optional version that enables the console.
Installing this mod replaces an original game file; you should back up the original first.
Go to the "data" folder in your installation directory (ie "Dragon Age Ultimate Edition\data" or "Dragon Age\data" or something similar depending on the version of the game that you own). It should contain very few files, one of which is "DAOriginsLauncher.xml". Back up this original file first by moving it to your personal folders or by renaming it -- for example to "DAOriginsLauncher_old.xml". Choose whether you want the version of this mod that enables the console or not, download it, then extract the "DAOriginsLauncher.xml" file into the data folder.
To uninstall, reverse the process: delete "DAOriginsLauncher.xml", then restore the original file by either re-renaming it or restoring it from where you moved it to.
This mod is not compatible with other mods that edit DAOriginsLauncher.xml:
I believe it should be compatible with DAO Alternate Launcher because that mod provides an entirely separate exe file rather than altering the existing launcher's xml files. Alistair Launcher for Origins should also be technically compatible since it only edits the launcher's images, but you won't see them with this mod!
Launch DAO via DAOrigins.exe
Arguably the sensible route, you can just launch DAOrigins.exe (located in the bin_ship folder) directly from the folder or just make a shortcut to it! If you're using Steam, this won't give you any playtime stats as it skips the Steam interface. You may or may not care about this.
Do this mod yourself
You don't have to download my cut-down version of the launcher, you can just follow the instructions in the reddit link above to create the same effect! The edit needed to enable the console is detailed here.
(Please make sure to read the installation instructions below. This is not an override mod; you will need to make sure an original game file is backed up or renamed.)
This mod makes the DAO launcher immediately launch the game, rather than the user having to click the "Play" button.
About
I have DAO on Steam, and I prefer running it from the Steam interface rather than opening DAOrigins.exe directly. This unfortunately comes with the problem of...the launcher. I'm far too lazy to click "Play" each time, you see, especially if I'm testing 80-odd tint files. Thankfully u/sortbycolumn came up with an excellent solution, which I'm sharing in user-friendly ready-to-go format here. It adds a line to the launcher's initialisation sequence that invokes the same process as the "Play" button: checking to see if it's the first time the game has been run (to create a config file if needed), then running the game.
I've expanded on it by cutting out a bunch of the launcher that's not needed if it's being skipped: the interface and news updates.
There is also an optional version that enables the console.
Installation
Installing this mod replaces an original game file; you should back up the original first.
Go to the "data" folder in your installation directory (ie "Dragon Age Ultimate Edition\data" or "Dragon Age\data" or something similar depending on the version of the game that you own). It should contain very few files, one of which is "DAOriginsLauncher.xml". Back up this original file first by moving it to your personal folders or by renaming it -- for example to "DAOriginsLauncher_old.xml". Choose whether you want the version of this mod that enables the console or not, download it, then extract the "DAOriginsLauncher.xml" file into the data folder.
To uninstall, reverse the process: delete "DAOriginsLauncher.xml", then restore the original file by either re-renaming it or restoring it from where you moved it to.
Compatibility
This mod is not compatible with other mods that edit DAOriginsLauncher.xml:
I believe it should be compatible with DAO Alternate Launcher because that mod provides an entirely separate exe file rather than altering the existing launcher's xml files. Alistair Launcher for Origins should also be technically compatible since it only edits the launcher's images, but you won't see them with this mod!
Alternatives to this mod
Launch DAO via DAOrigins.exe
Arguably the sensible route, you can just launch DAOrigins.exe (located in the bin_ship folder) directly from the folder or just make a shortcut to it! If you're using Steam, this won't give you any playtime stats as it skips the Steam interface. You may or may not care about this.
Do this mod yourself
You don't have to download my cut-down version of the launcher, you can just follow the instructions in the reddit link above to create the same effect! The edit needed to enable the console is detailed here.